Safety razor



oct. 2, 1923. 1,469,715

A. s. BREAKEY ET Al.

SAFETY RAZOR Filed Feb. 2, 1921 ARNOLD s. BREAKEY, E EAST Parnu-r ermee.

ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, AND'CEARLES E. PIE'rscH, or MALVERN, NEW YORK..

SAFETY RAZOR.

`Application tiled-February 2, 1921. Serial No. 441,888.

To all wlw/m t ma/y concern:

Be it known that we, ARNOLD STEWART BREAKEY and CHARLES FRANCIS PIE'rsoH, both citizens of the United States, and residents ofv East Orange, in the count of Essex and State of New Jersey, and alverl' in the county of Nassau, Long Island, an

State of New York, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvevments in Safety Razors, of which the fola full, clear, and exact descripy ing the whole in lapplied position.

These devices have further offered objections in that it has been incumbent upon a person to utilize the lsame for a certain length of-'time before a proper manipulation of the razor would be accomplished in that a person utilizing this device would not hold the handle, and consequently the head ofthe razor at the proper angle to the lsurface to be shaved, thus producing unsatisfactory results.

A further defect was to be attributed to the fact that it was necessary, subsequent to the shaving operation, todisassemble all of the parts of the razor to permit of the removal of the clamping member, the blade and handle, so that these parts might be cleaned to guard againstvthe accumulation of soap, skin and hair, aside from the fact that any particles of moisture would form rust.

lVith this in view, we have constructed a safety razor by means of which, primarily, a razor' is provided, which will permit of an inexperienced operator manipulating the same to produce the most desired results.

A further object of our invention is the provision of a safety razor, the parts of which may be readily clned without resorting to disaembling, thus avoiding the difficulty incident to this feature.

Reference is had to the attached sheet of drawings as illustrating one/practical embodiment of our invention, and in which: F igure 1 is -a perspective view of a razor onstructed in ,accordance with our invenlon. Figure '2` is a planview of the same. Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3--3 of Figure 2 in the direction of the arrows.

In these views the reference numeral 5 indicates the conventional blade seat ofthe head, from which the handle 6 extends, and upon which the blade 7 is'positioned. Also as in the conventionalconstruction, the side edges of the blade seat 5 are provided with serrations or teeth 8, anda stem (not shown) is positioned within the handle 6 and may be turned, by a knurled portion 9 to force v-the blade clamping member into more intimate engagement with the seat 5.

Contrary to the conventional. construction, however, it will be noted that this member bears against the seat 5 lonly adjacent its side edges 10, and that the center portion 11 of the same is bowed upwardly, as has been illustrated in .Figures 1 and 3. Also the guide pins 12 whlch are associated with the clamping member 11 for retaining the same in properposition, are preferably formed with collars or enlarged portions 13 upon their bodies, which collars bear against the upper face of the blade 7.

Thus upon the blade 7 being properly interposedv between the blade seat 5 of the.

clamping portion of the head, and the stem portion, by the knurled portion 9 to properly seat these members, that the blade will be pressed into` intimate engagement. with the seat 5, and the guide pins 412 projecting through openings in the blade and seat 5 in the. usual manner, lvwill serve to retain the whole in applied position.

Also it will be seen that contrary to the conventional construction, which provides straight side edges for the clamping memring premarily to the body ortion 11 of the clamping member, that t e same will serve as a guide, reference being hadto Figure 3, which co-operatingivith the serrations 8 of the blade seat 5 will permit a novice to at all times hold the head of the razor at an angle atI which it Will. operate with a maximum of eiciency.

llt Will also be appreciated that by virtue of this body portion, and the serrationsl 14, that the entire razor may be placed under flowing Water which will serve to remove all foreign particles, and by virtue of the fact that no pockets, permitting of the seclusion of moisture, are permitted by this construction, that the operator may remove all moisture from Within the body of the razor by resorting to brisk shaking of the same, thus the necessity of disassembling the razor to permit of its cleansing is eliminated.

'llhus it will be appreciated that We have constructed a razor which provides certain improvements over certain razors heretofore placed upon the market, in that it permits an inexperienced operator to manipulate` the same properly, aside from the fact that it will not be necessary to take the razor apart to cleanse the same.

meente 'edges whereby to provide a guide portion adapted to co-act with the surface being shaved the under face of said plate depressor being spaced from the upper face of said seat at this point, guide pins secured to the under face of said depressor and adjacent the center portion thereof, said guide pins being being adapted to extend into openings formed inl said seat, and collars associated with said guide pins and positioned in such a manner as to normally lie ladjacent; the upper face of said seat.-

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